Mike Downie
Director
The Nature of Things (1960)
Season 62
The Nature of Things is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on November 6, 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect that humans have on it. The program was one of the first to explore environmental issues, such as clear-cut logging. The series is named after an epic poem by Roman philosopher Lucretius: "Dē Rērum Nātūrā" — On the Nature of Things.
Released Nov. 6, 1960
Episode 42 min
10+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.nature, tmdb.environment, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.science-and-technology-documentary, imdb.science, imdb.natural-science, imdb.four-word-title
Watch Providers: fuboTV
Network: CBC Television
S62E1 - Last of the Right Whales
North Atlantic right whales are on the brink of extinction. Follow the fight to save them.
Jan. 6, 2023, midnight
S62E2 - Rat City
Remarkable superpowers make rats the evolutionary heroes of the animal kingdom.
Jan. 13, 2023, midnight
S62E3 - Science & Cannabis
Is cannabis a medical cure-all or snake oil? Scientists distinguish the medicine from the myths.
Jan. 20, 2023, midnight
S62E4 - Secret Agents Of The Underground Railroad
How staff at a luxury hotel in Niagara Falls, NY helped ferry enslaved people to freedom.
Feb. 3, 2023, midnight
S62E5 - Walking With Ancients
New archaeological discoveries are challenging our understanding of when the first people arrived in North America, rewriting the human story.
Feb. 10, 2023, midnight
S62E6 - Apocalypse Plan B
Some scientists are proposing radical ways to cool our warming planet – but others say it’s time to restore nature on a global scale.
Feb. 17, 2023, midnight
S62E7 - True Survivors
How have humans survived extreme environmental change in the past? And what will it take to survive what’s next?
Feb. 24, 2023, midnight
S62E8 - Grizzly Rewild
Five orphaned grizzly bear cubs get a second chance at life in the wild, but can they survive without their mother? A groundbreaking study follows the bears to find out if rewilding works.
March 3, 2023, midnight
S62E9 - Bug Sex
Broken genitals and cannibalism. Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of how bugs get busy.
March 10, 2023, midnight
S62E10 - War for the Woods
Thirty years after historic logging protests on Vancouver Island, the battle to protect old growth forests is still raging.
March 17, 2023, midnight
S62E11 - The Secrets of Friendship
Step into the world of 'friendship detectives', who are unravelling the mysteries of social behaviours in humans and other animals.
March 24, 2023, midnight
S62E12 - Woodpeckers: The Hole Story
Inside the secret and rhythmic world of one of nature’s best lumberjacks.
March 31, 2023, midnight
S62E13 - Suzuki Signs Off
For 44 years, David Suzuki has taken us around the world to explore science, technology, and nature – and now for something completely different.
End of series.
April 7, 2023, midnight
Network: CBC Television
Episode Runtime: 42 min.
Season Runtime: 40 min.
Released: Nov. 6, 1960
Last Air Date: Nov. 18, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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